Harley Insider Revvs Up Holdings

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Ruth Mantell

Updated May 19, 2005 6:04 p.m. ET

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Insider Tables: Buyers | Sellers WHEN THE GOING GETS tough, the tough buy beaten-down shares of an iconic motorcycle company. On Monday, Donald James, the chairman and chief executive of Harley-Davidson's independent Canadian distributor, bought 80,000 Harley-Davidson shares on behalf of the distribution company. Trading at 49.56, Harley's stock has skidded 16% since mid-April, when company officials lowered the year's earnings and production forecasts. The officials wanted to "limit short-term production growth, maintaining demand in excess of supply," according to the earnings release. "The...

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